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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the creation of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a demon lord’s true name to the hidden truths of the cosmic order. The creature acquires the secret, but the curse
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
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knowledge and personal secrets. The Zhentarim wouldn’t have become the organization it is today—one where treachery and subterfuge are the order of the day—without Manshoon’s
someone else in disguise, which is just as Manshoon prefers.
Manshoon seeks power and is checked only by the many enemies who want to see him dead. He recently failed to seize control of Waterdeep in a
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wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in
partner up on a seafood shipping business.
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A talented young ranger is kidnapped by a deep dragon who wants a hunting partner.
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A friendly young copper dragon seeks an entourage, hoping to
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Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social
partner up on a seafood shipping business.
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A talented young ranger is kidnapped by a deep dragon who wants a hunting partner.
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A friendly young copper dragon seeks an entourage, hoping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Secrets Most likely, your espionage work will eventually put you in possession of secrets others don’t want you to know. When the time comes, consult the Secrets table to determine what clandestine
knowledge your group possesses, and how it might make life complicated for you. Secrets d6 Secret 1 Blackmail Material. You have evidence of a career-ending secret concerning an important figure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Captain Adann, a leader of Zinda’s anti-aristocrat group called the Bloodletters, seeks the characters’ help in preventing blame from falling on his organization. Old Secrets. Madame Samira Arah, one
of Zinda’s rulers, believes her fellow Kings of Coin are engaged in a deadly conspiracy. Through an anonymous agent, Samira hires the characters to come to Zinda and uncover what secrets her peers hide.
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attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge
.
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A talented young ranger is kidnapped by a deep dragon who wants a hunting partner.
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A friendly young copper dragon seeks an entourage, hoping to impress the deep dragon holding the
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attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of
shipping business.
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A talented young ranger is kidnapped by a deep dragon who wants a hunting partner.
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A friendly young copper dragon seeks an entourage, hoping to impress the deep dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
evil being that calls itself the Scholar. It is curious about the characters and seeks to expose them to its corruptive ideas. Should a character converse with it, the Scholar speaks cryptically while
sharing the following information: It saw a modron climb past its crag recently. It wouldn’t suggest following it, though—the darkness above is hungry. The Scholar seeks truths of the multiverse, both
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
, is Cazador’s second spawn.
Aurelia, once a tiefling, is Cazador’s first spawn. Her calm surface demeanor conceals countless secrets.
Dalyria, once an elf and physician general to the Parliament
of Baldur’s Gate, seeks to reverse her vampirism through desperate medical measures.
Leon, once a human, was Cazador’s most recent spawn. He is desperate to protect his young daughter, Victoria, from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Spined Devil Devil of Intrusion and Suspicion Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: None Spined devils, also known as spinagons, lurk in the shadows of the Lower Planes, seeking secrets for their
devils. Roll on or choose a result from the Spined Devil Intelligence table to inspire what information a spined devil seeks or already possesses. Spined Devil Intelligence 1d6 The Spined Devil Covets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
seeks assistance traversing them. His most noteworthy partner is the Vistani leader Madame Eva, who secretly allows him to barter strange secrets for her agents’ guidance through the Mists. Firan is an
enigmatic and abrasive expert, but his knowledge of the domains and their secrets is without peer. His research causes him to regularly cross paths with other sinister scholars, such as the priests of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
to spread radical beliefs. Some privately pursue esoteric secrets, while others form shadowy cabals seeking to bring about terrifying ends. Cultists often follow obscure mystical traditions or obsess
Cultist Agendas table to inspire what a cultist seeks to achieve. Cultist Agendas 1d6 The Cultist Strives To... 1 Bring about the end of a dominant order, an age, or the world. 2 Burn away the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
being’s emissary
6 A coroner who believes a message is being relayed to him through the bodies he autopsies
7 The head librarian of an ancient sect, who seeks secrets hidden within her peers
8 A spoiled noble who intends to raise a cult to feed to the realm they want access to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
worlds throughout the infinite multiverse. The Grim Harrow seeks any information regarding decks, those who’ve had a deck, and those who know the decks’ secrets. These foul menaces are wary of agents of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
members of the Emerald Claw believe that they are fighting for Karrnath, they are truly serving the lich Lady Illmarrow (see chapter 6). The greatest necromancer of the age, she seeks to unlock the
secrets of her inactive dragonmark, the Mark of Death. If she succeeds, she could come to possess unimaginable power. This makes her a formidable villain to drive the action of an entire campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
multiverse’s earliest eons. Their secrets are innumerable and unfathomable. Aboleths lurk in places awash in primordial mysteries: the ruins of aquatic empires, hidden magical nexuses, or weak places
Aboleth Seeks To... 1 Accomplish incomprehensible plans that lead it to act in seemingly random ways. 2 Learn more of the world by kidnapping people and consuming their minds. 3 Manipulate innocents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Allip When a mind uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often the emergence of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a
victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony. Blasphemous Secrets. Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Harpers This clandestine network of spellcasters and spies seeks to tip the scales in favor of the innocent, the weak, and the poor within the Realms. Harper agents pride themselves on being
and identities to gain access to carefully guarded secrets such as ancestral maps, buried cities, and mages’ keeps. The bond between Harpers is strong, and their friendships are nigh unbreakable. Rarely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
placate a hungry ghost. This has attracted dozens of other ghosts. The family seeks help placating the undead mouths they can’t feed.
8 Tsien Chiang’s library in the Palace of Bones holds secrets
city, overrun by jiangshi and ghosts. Escaping means engaging with those who know the city’s secrets, whether sleeping residents, wandering ghosts, or deadly jiangshi. The dream of I’Cath presents a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, preparing us for transcendent immortality within the bowels of the gibbering mouther. The Lord of Eyes sees all secrets. Its gaze elevates the worthy and slays the unbeliever. Drive doubt from your heart
of a greater whole. Cults of the Dragon Below are based on madness or power. A cult that seeks power chooses to serve a dark force because of the gifts they receive from it. A cabal of scholars might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
include Chalnefaaz, a community of myconids that bud tiny, wailing faces, and the Bulwark of Secrets, an abbey of guardian nagas who protect dangerous lore. You can use the nodules in the Endless Void
Ilvaash seeks revenge against the characters for stopping the fanatics’ plans and destroying the Dissonant Psyche’s refraction. The characters must contend with dangers Ilvaash throws at them, such
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
the Ice Forge seeks assistance in creating an item the characters need. The artisan requires materials and the collaboration of other artisans, but quarrels have emerged about correct methods. The
invasion, Sarak hires the characters to investigate. Scholar. The adventurers need information from a reclusive scholar living in Boreal Ridge. They must find and convince the scholar to reveal their secrets.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Adventures in Kartakass The desires and secrets of Kartakass’s people run in parallel with those of the lycanthropes that flourish here. The domain’s residents consider lycanthropes to be legendary
ongoing immersive play.
5 Akriel Lukas hires the party to “borrow” her father’s violin so she can accurately model her own violin, Sundered Heart, from it.
6 A scholar named Radaga seeks the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
known on Theros, so he and only he decides which secrets should be loosed upon the world, and which must be kept forever hidden. He has existed since before mortals occupied Theros and numbers among
god, Kruphix simply is. He seeks nothing but to oversee the acquisition of knowledge, maintain the cycles of time, and uphold the divine order. He views his fellow gods as petty and vengeful, and he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Allip When a creature uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often the creation of an allip. Secrets protected in this manner range in scope from a
victim’s psyche and overwhelming psychic agony. Every allip is wracked with a horrifying insight that torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
escape and destroy the order she had established. Due to this undertaking, she is also the god of secrets best kept quiet and powers best untouched. Klothys’s Goals Once content to oversee and preserve
selfish dreams has threatened Theros, and only by untangling the strands of destiny can Klothys set things right. The status quo she seeks to restore, however, comes with a cost in mortal casualties and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the city’s navy asks the party to learn why by seeking Winter’s Mouth, a crack in the ice where the sea supposedly whispers its secrets.
4 Three brilliant Ludendorf University students compete to
become Dr. Mordenheim’s new assistant. Each seeks the party’s assistance in ensuring they’re chosen for the opportunity.
5 A wave of warped monstrosities is preparing to assault Neufurchtenburg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Background The time of dragons dawns. Calling upon ancient magic and a host of draconic allies, the Cult of the Dragon seeks to unleash Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. By bringing the Queen
the Sword Coast with a great victory or two. Fortunately, the Forgotten Realms has just such a group of heroes. Secrets In the first volume of Tyranny of Dragons, the Cult of the Dragon gathered up a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Background The time of dragons dawns. Calling upon ancient magic and a host of draconic allies, the Cult of the Dragon seeks to unleash Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells. By bringing the Queen
the Sword Coast with a great victory or two. Fortunately, the Forgotten Realms has just such a group of heroes. Secrets In the first volume of Tyranny of Dragons, the Cult of the Dragon gathered up a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
civic and moral leadership. 2 Young Noble. An ambitious noble eagerly seeks to reform society to align with a personal vision. 3 Shipwrecked Governor. A desperate leader struggles to keep people alive
in a wilderness they’re not prepared to endure. 4 Ruler Returned. A tribe’s revered leader has returned from the dead and seeks to resurrect their past glories. 5 Hidden Power. A mysterious figure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
giant might trade in secrets and blackmail to hold onto some measure of power. These giants might avoid the company of their own kind to escape the expectations and customs attached to the ordning
wanders into a settlement of Humanoids looking for an opportunity to use talents the giant’s kin do not value, but the giant is greeted with suspicion and hostility. The giant seeks adventurers to help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Afterward, he seeks to employ the characters further, either on personal jobs or by tipping them off about grander quests. Favors for Harkon Lukas d4 Favor
1 Harkon is expected to debut a new song
treating them as minions or expendables to be used in his schemes. Those who resist find their reputations destroyed, their secrets revealed, and wolves dogging their steps. The only recourse is to flee Kartakass, upstage the Darklord, or somehow reveal Harkon Lukas as a monster.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
armed with combat-oriented spells that supplement the knowledge-focused capabilities of the Scholar, preparing them to face those who guard the world’s greatest secrets. Morgrave University
Financier. Whether they’re hunting for grants or seeking donations from wealthy philanthropists, the Financier seeks the funds to pay for academic expeditions. Such characters might know their ways around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures. If a creature’s thoughts suggest goodness, a flumph seeks that creature out. When facing creatures that exude evil, a flumph flees. Psionic Siphons. Flumphs feed by siphoning mental energy
, flumphs are often subjected to thoughts, emotions, and hungers that sicken their pure nature. When flumphs encounter good-hearted adventurers, they eagerly share the dark secrets they have learned in